The CJI Team

Our team brings decades of experience developing evidence-based, data-driven policies, managing complex processes with diverse stakeholders, and driving systems-level organizational change. CJI’s energetic staff and network of consultants come from a variety of backgrounds in the criminal justice, public administration, and social science fields.

Meet the Team

Our Work

Recent Publications

10/4/2018

Oklahoma’s 2018 Criminal Justice Policy Solutions

In April 2018, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed a package of seven criminal justice bills designed to curb growth in the state’s packed prisons and strengthen public safety.

9/10/2018

Leading the Way on Pretrial Reform: Davidson County’s Journey

In many jurisdictions across the country—including Davidson County, Tennessee, until recently—pretrial decisions have traditionally been made without a robust foundation of evidence-based practice. This has led to inefficient use of taxpayer dollars and poor results. To improve outcomes for defendants and protect public safety, Davidson County embarked upon a journey over the past two years to implement a data-driven, risk-based process to inform pretrial decision making.

7/11/2018

Pretrial Justice Training and Technical Assistance

A growing list of states and local governments are reforming their pretrial practices to enhance fairness, reduce unnecessary costs, and protect public safety. The Crime and Justice Institute helps jurisdictions analyze front-end criminal justice data and develop and implement policies and practices to reduce pretrial failure and pretrial spending by connecting defendants charged with lower-level, nonviolent

7/6/2018

Alaska’s Pretrial Transformation

Facing rapid growth in the number of defendants held in custody while awaiting trial, Alaska implemented data-driven and evidence-based solutions to transform its pretrial system, freeing up resources to focus on identifying and mitigating risks defendants pose if released to the community and improving public safety.

2/9/2018

Data-Driven Solutions to Improve Florida’s Criminal Justice System

The Florida State Senate contracted with the Crime and Justice Institute in 2017 to build on the Institute’s previous work analyzing trends in the state’s prison population by further examining the state’s criminal justice system, assess other states’ policies and make recommendations to alleviate strains on the system. 

10/27/2017

Implementing Comprehensive Juvenile Justice Improvement in Kentucky

The population of Kentucky youth housed in juvenile detention centers and other out-of-home placements has fallen 40 percent in two years, outpacing predictions following the passage of Senate Bill 200 (SB 200), a sweeping juvenile justice improvement bill.

10/26/2017

Planning and Implementing a Reentry Program for Clients with Co-Occurring Disorders: A Toolkit

This toolkit is intended to provide information and guidance to those planning and implementing a reentry program for individuals with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders reentering from jail or prison.

Implementing Comprehensive Juvenile Justice System Improvement in Hawaii

Hawaii enacted juvenile justice reform legislation in 2014. In the two years since then, the state has seen a 62 percent reduction in the number of youth sent to the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility. With fewer youth coming into the system, that leaves more time and resources to dedicate to rehabilitation.

News

October 12, 2018

CJI analysis finds inmates spending 31 percent more time in Nevada prisons

CARSON CITY – The Crime and Justice Institute on Wednesday presented new findings to the Nevada Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice (ACAJ) showing that inmates are spending significantly more time on average behind bars since 2012, contributing to growth in the overall prison population.

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